Adobe After Effects AlternativesOnly apps from the EU

The best alternative to Adobe After Effects is Natron, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe After Effects and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Adobe After Effects are Blender, enve, TiXL and Pikimov.

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  1. Natron icon

    Natron

     221 likes

    Natron is an open source, cross platform nodal compositing application. It is built around industry standard open source tech such as OpenFX, OpenEXR, OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO. The feature set includes realtime playback/RAM cache, multi-threaded rendering, 2d tracking...

    20 Natron alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
    Natron screenshot 1
     
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  2. Blender icon

    Blender

     1786 likes

    A comprehensive open-source 3D software suite for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, and animating. It supports renderings, simulations including fluid and cloth dynamics, complex compositing, video editing, and Python scripting, running across all major operating systems.

    143 Blender alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Steam
    • Flatpak
    Splash Artwork for Blender 4.3
     
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  4. enve icon

    enve

     40 likes

    Enve is a free and open-source 2D animation app. It can create both vector and raster animations and even use sound and video files. It has been created with flexibility and expandability in mind.

    57 enve alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Official Enve Screenshot
     
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  5. TiXL icon

    TiXL

     18 likes

    TiXL is an open-source solution for creating interactive 3d content and animations. It combines the best aspects of animation, compositing, and coding into a lightweight and intuitive UI. Your designs can be shared as executable or rendered to movies.

    10 TiXL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    TiXL screenshot 1
     
  7. Expressive Animator icon

    Expressive Animator

     18 likes

    Create interactive SVG animations with precise keyframe and easing control, custom vector paths, shape and text editing, gradients, masks, boolean operations, blend modes, snap, grid, advanced export options including Lottie, GIF, and no JavaScript required.

    80 Expressive Animator alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    Expressive Animator screenshot 1
     
  9. PopcornFX icon

    PopcornFX

     5 likes

    A suite of tools dedicated to real-time visual effects creation, along with ready-to-run mainstream game engine integrations and a runtime simulation framework for custom integration.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    PopcornFX screenshot 1
     
  10. Maxon Autograph icon

    Maxon Autograph

     6 likes

    Maxon Autograph is a digital compositing and motion graphics software used in the post-production industry of movie-making or motion-graphics design video making. It covers a wide range of functionnalities such as 2D animation, Keying, Tracking, 2D and 3D compositing, Audio...

    10 Maxon Autograph alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Autograph 2023.11.2 running on macOS Monterey
     
  11. Linearity Move icon

    Linearity Move

     9 likes

    Linearity Move is a revolutionary animation tool that simplifies motion graphics creation on both Mac and iPad. Whether you want to bring static designs to life or start a project from scratch, you can do it all in just a few clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad
    Linearity Move screenshot 1
     
  12. Wav2Bar icon

    Wav2Bar

     2 likes

    Wav2Bar is a FOSS desktop app that lets you make nice visuals for your audio source, to then share on the internet.

    11 Wav2Bar alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    Project settings tab, and a project with bar visualizers, time text and classic text, a timer, an image and a background (shape).
     
  14. BluffTitler icon

    BluffTitler

     9 likes

    BluffTitler is a Windows desktop app for creating, rendering and playing 3D video effects.

    15 BluffTitler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    BluffTitler screenshot 1
     
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